Opening Day

Contributed by: John Northey

Just a quick thread to help everyone enjoy opening day as Wells & Lind hit home runs to start things off in a good way.

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And yes, Snider is hitting 9th.

Firsts of the season...

First Blue Jay pitch of the season: Shawn Marcum 86 mph fastball (called strike)
First hit: Adam Lind
First HR: Vernon Wells
First Error: Encarnacion
First GIDP: Overbay
First DP turned: Overbay to Gonzalez to Marcum
First 'This Could Be It' Moment: Marcum 6+ no hit innings
First 'Cito is an idiot' Moment: Letting Marcum give up 3 run HR after he gave up first hit (if he pulled Marcum then that would've been the first - darned if you do, darned if you don't)
First Reliever: Scott Downs
Halladay First Non-Jay Win: Today
First Blown Save: Jason Frasor
And First Loss: Jason Frasor :(